Instead of ordering delivery, turn to these easy calzone recipes to cure your pizza cravings. Stuffed with roasted vegetables, Buffalo chicken, ham and cheese, and more, our best calzone recipes are like a folded pizza that's 100% yours.
Buffalo Chicken Calzones
Two party menu favorites—pizza and Buffalo chicken wings—team up in this surprisingly easy calzone recipe. The secret to its swift 40-minute timeline? Leftover or rotisserie chicken. If you have that, a block of cream cheese, and some condiments hanging out from the last time you whipped up wings, chances are high that you have everything required to spice up your supper menu.
Air-Fryer Calzones
You’re just 6 ingredients and less than 30 minutes away from adding these golden-brown beauties to your table. The convection heat of an air-fryer crisps up the exterior of the crust beautifully while the chicken, spinach, marinara, and cheese gets warm and bubbly inside. While these are terrific as-is, we think a side extra red sauce for dunking makes the finished product even better.
Shredded Beef and Caramelized Onion Stromboli
In the era of the hit TV show The Bear, Chicago Italian beef sandwiches are having a renaissance. Since we can’t get enough, we took that concept—complete with pickled pepperoncini, beef roast, caramelized onions, and cheese—and stuffed it inside a stromboli. Serve warm and with a side of au jus for dunking.
Spinach and Beef Calzones
Lasagna-lovers, this is the calzone you’ve been craving. Featuring a savory, satisfying mix of mushrooms and ground beef, marinara, spinach, garlic, and ricotta and mozzarella cheeses, this tastes a lot like the classic Italian casserole. No need to fuss with slippery noodles and layering; pizza dough steps in to cover the carbs.
Cast-Iron Skillet Calzone
Think of this cast-iron skillet like an upside-down deep-dish pizza. Psst…the fact that the crust is stretched on top means it’s even easier to prepare—and poses far less risk of any soggy dough. Our “toppings” are inspired by supreme pizza, but feel free to mix things up, trading sausage for ground beef, white sauce for red, or any veggies you’d like to use up in place of the bell peppers and mushrooms.
Cheesy Pork Roast Calzone
Our fan-favorite Italian Pork Roast recipe asks for just 20 minutes of hands-on time, and yields 11 servings of succulent, meaty goodness that’s worthy of five stars, according to BHG fans. If you tire of leftovers on their own, transform them into a cozy, cheesy calzone. With that pork, a jar of marinara sauce, purchased pizza dough, an egg, and Parmesan cheese, you can have a dinner that offers a nod to the original—just even better—in a mere 30 minutes.
Simple Stromboli
Ask any Philadelphian and a stromboli is like a supreme sandwich; you can encapsulate even more fixings in a bread exterior that keeps it all neatly tucked inside. The concept is essentially the same as a sauceless calzone. Here, we call for deli ham and turkey, shredded mozzarella, fresh spinach, bell peppers, and kalamata olives for an ooey-gooey, savory, salty, and all-around irresistible meal.
